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LANDSCAPE CAREER PATHWAYSWE GROW LIFE!

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We grow life! hen you look outside, everything you see that isn’t a build-ing, a sidewalk or a street is plants that are growing and animals that eat them — fields and pastures, nature areas, lawns, trees and gardens.

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We grow life in beautiful outdoor spaces that are fun to be in and that make our environment – and us – healthy.

In the landscape industry, we create and maintain outdoor spaces that keep us healthy.• We care for trees so they can keep us cool and give us

oxygen. • We maintain lawns so they can clean our air and water.• We create outdoor spaces where we enjoy life – sports

fields, native trails, big parks and little backyards.

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There’s no better career than growing life!

Our world is growing – and the people who put plants into the soil and care for them grow life.

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ntry level jobs put your hands in

the soil planting flowers and

trees or fixing sprinklers. From there

you can move up quickly in an in-

dustry with many different jobs. Run

equipment, climb and prune trees,

design beautiful yards, build rock

walls, be in charge of a crew – or

run a company.

What’s it like to work in the landscape industry?

ELandscape jobs start from the ground up and the sky’s the limit.

Job Training/education

Average Earnings

per hour/per year

Here are some of the jobs in the landscape industry:

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Little to no experience

Some experience/training in high school and on the job

Skills learned on the job and in school; clean driving record

More experience; industry certification; community college or other; clean driving record

Highly skilled. Community college/other training; industry certification

On-the-job and/or technical training; industry certification

On-the-job plus technical training; industry certification; clean driving record

2- or 4-year degree, much experience, industry certifications, salary based on experience and responsibility.

College degree, job experience, industry certifications

College degree, job experience, industry certifications. Salary based on experience and responsibility

Maintains equipment/vehicles. Technical training and job experience

Manages vehicles and mechanics. Technical training and experience

2- or 4-year degree. Salary based on experience and responsibility

4-year or master’s degree. Must pass licensure exam and have required years of experience to practice

Entry Level I

Entry Level II

Irrigation Technician

Irrigation TechnicianSenior level

Irrigation Manager

Foreman

Field Supervisor

Field Production Manager

Project Manager

Landscape Division Manager

Fleet/ truck Mechanic

Fleet /truck Manager

Landscape Designer/ estimator

Landscape Architect

Appx $13/hour

Appx $14/hour

$17+/hour

$18 - $20+/hour

$22/hour

$18/hour

$20+/hour

$35,000 –$75,000/year

$61,000/year

$67,000 – $100,000+

$16-$21+/hour

$67,467/year

$36,000 – $80,000/year

$56,210 – $81,000+

and we’re growing.

In the landscape world, you can try many jobs to find your passion and move up quickly. We have more than 40,000 jobs in Colorado

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Landscape Services and Landscape Development

We’re a team of talented professionals, driven by results and relationships, and committed to taking

care of each other, clients, and communities.

Brighter futures start here.

Our team members bring excellent landscapes to life at thousands of clients’ properties. Contact us about landscape

jobs in the Denver Metro area:

Dan GrangeRecruiter for Landscape

Development

303.946.5418

Apply online at jobs.BrightView.com

Welcome to BrightView

Michelle SpreutelsMarket Recruiter forLandscape Services

303.638.2946

With skills you learn in high school, you can graduate job-ready and companies will hire you.

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ne third of rural Platte Valley’s students are in the Ag Ed program learning real-world skills that O ne third of rural Platte Valley’s students are in the Ag Ed program learning real-world skills that OO prepare them for jobs and everyday life.O prepare them for jobs and everyday life.OOKersey students raise animals and grow plants. They build lawn chairs and even bigger projects like

gazebos and 16 x 12 ft storage sheds. They have explored landscape design and learned about own-

ing a landscape company from an owner who visited their class. They learned how to put together

a sprinkler system from the Sprinkler System in a Box their teachers brought back from an industry

training.

Soon these students will have their own 42 x 100 ft. greenhouse. They will learn horticulture not only

by reading the science book – but by raising their own plants in the greenhouse and selling them out

front at their garden center.

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Photo [above] courtesy Lindgren Landscape & Irrigation, Inc.

Doors will be open 3 days a week through all 4 seasons so

students can sell everything from pink petunias to evergreen holiday wreaths. They’ll sharpen math

and customer service skills in the process.


John Stahley and Desirae Weber practice assembling a sprinkler system

Photo [left] courtesy CSU

Ag Ed teachers John Stahley and Desirae Weber say they appreciate having landscape industry support to bring more hands-on skills to their students. “If we don’t have direct contact with the industry, we won’t be as successful. It’s a good partnership,” says Stahley.

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grow into hens and roosters.

• Several students used a power saw for the fi rst time to cut through large timbers and

they built planting beds in their new outdoor learning lab. Others planted trees, shrubs and

fl owers around the lab.

• Earth Day 2016 was dedicated to school pride. Students spent the day alongside experi-

enced pros updating the landscape leading to the school’s front door. At the end of the day,

the school had a new look and students took pride in helping to make it happen.

That’s just part of year one of connecting GMHS students with jobs in the green industry. Ag

Ed teacher Courtney Mayo says, “Career focused learning introduces students to careers they

may not have thought of as an opportunity before. Not every student will graduate from high

school and start college. But they can leave high school with skills to enter the workforce and

start a career. At GMHS, we help students do just that.”

We link students with internships in landscape companies that could be in their futures.

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Landscape Maintenance

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since 1977

emeraldislelandscaping.com

Our Core Values:■ Dependability■ Integrity■ Courtesy■ Excellence

Our future is growing and we’d love to have you join us!

Careers include: ■ Operations■ Sales■ Accounting■ Finance & Business Administration

We hire for seasonal workMarch thru Juneand all Winter

for snow removal!

with skills

“There are 4 things I love about the landscape industry: doing something different every day, being outside instead of being indoors all day, making overgrown gardens look amazing (people love seeing their gardens transformed!) and LEARNING. I learn something new every day!”Veronika Tucker

Pickens Technical College Student

Works part-time with Horizon Landscape &

Irrigation

Landscape Career Pathways

Lamberton grew up mowing lawns and pulling weeds in the family business started by his parents who were school teachers. He went to college and worked elsewhere. Then he came back to the family business and under his leadership, his company has become one of eight Colorado landscape com-panies listed in the 150 top landscape maintenance companies in the country.

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Rory Lamberton, CEOEmerald Isle Landscaping

“My passion for construc-tion and art drew me in to landscape design. In my leadership role, I manage our design team, provide training, do sales, project management and design high-end residen-tial landscapes, many with budgets of more than $300,000. My education at Colorado State University set me up for success by giving me the skills I use on a daily basis.”

Chris HolthouserLead Designer & Project Manager

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“Overall, you could say that I am in landscaping because I discovered something that I love to do. It was the first job that had me excited to wake up in the morning. But I never would have found this industry if not for two retired teachers offering me a job in their company. Working with them for two summers during high school set me on the path to where I am today.”

Dan GrangeAssistant Site SuperintendentBrightView Landscape Development

Gibson dropped out of a college engineering program not knowing what his occupation should be. He mowed lawns for a landscape company and soon found a career. He earned certification and became a supervisor. After joining Swingle in 1991, he added to his technical knowledge and certifi-cations, earned a college degree and moved up the career path to become not only Swingle’s president, but president of the national landscape industry association, NALP.

John GibsonPresident, Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape Care

Creating beautiful outdoor spaces and making people’s lives more enjoyable – what a great way to love what I do for a living! —John Gibson

Which path would you take for a career in

this industry?

86% of people in the landscape industry say if they had it to do over again, they would still choose to work in the landscape industry

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M eet the newest generation entering the landscape industry ready to work for local

companies. They aren’t your typical learn-from-a-book students. They are doers –

hands-on pros focused on working for something they believe in.

They don’t watch how-to videos in class – they’re outside operating equipment while they’re at

school. They also work in the greenhouse learning about plants by helping them grow. Pickens students gain skills and knowledge they will take to real-world jobs.

Meet some of our graduates.

When I was in high school, I knew I couldn’t afford a four-year college program. I began a dual-enrollment high school program at Pickens. After 2 years, I enrolled at Pickens to complete the certifications.

After graduating, I did landscape design for three companies before my husband and I formed our own business. I love designing and installing landscapes for my clients and encouraging young people to consider our industry.

I love my career – and I owe it to the training I received at Pickens.

Lauren BloomCo-owner, Bloom Concrete & Landscape Lakewood, CO

When I started the Pickens Horticulture and Landscape Program, I had no background in the landscape industry. I had a simple inter-est in plants and gardening. Through Pick-ens, I learned many skills that have made me a valued employee.

As an account manager, I am responsible for 90 properties to make sure lawns, flower beds and trees are maintained to our cus-tomers’ expectations. I never would have held such a position without the knowledge I gained through the Pickens program. It changed my life in ways I never expected and I recommend Pickens to anyone consid-ering the landscape industry.

I was very fortunate to find Pickens after an extensive search for a hands-on program. I have never had such an enjoyable and re-warding learning experience in my life. At school, I worked hard and also became a Landscape Industry Certified Technician. Immediately, I received many job offers.

I accepted a position as a crew leader. Most recently, I have passed the Greenhouse Grower certification thanks to the informa-tion I studied in class. Now I am the plant guru and nursery sales manager and love my job and the people I get to meet because of it. I am indeed grateful for the wonderful program at Pickens Technical College.

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Get hands-on, professional training at Pickens Technical College

—I love my career – and I owe it to the training I received at Pickens.

Dave EvansSales Manager Sand Creek Wholesale Nursery, Aurora, CO

—Such an enjoyable and rewarding learning experience.

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—It changed my life in ways I never expected.

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Grow your career at Front Range Community College

D Kelsie Cady | Transfer student to CSU

Cady liked horticulture at an early age. “I got a corner of the back yard,” she says. She re-connected with her roots when she enrolled in the horticulture program at FRCC. Taking credits for transfer from the Westminster Campus, she next became a landscape design major at Colorado State University.

“I’m super outdoorsy,” Cady says. “I wanted to combine my interest in art with my inter-est in nature. That led to becoming a floral designer, working on a flower farm, and now my interest in landscape design.” Her edu-cation at FRCC “was absolutely incredible,” she says. Cady has worked at the CSU Arbo-retum and as an intern with Designscapes Colorado. She says, “The internship has been great for me to see what it’s like to be a landscape designer.”

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ig into the horticulture industry in Colorado and you will find Front Range Community

College graduates. Arborists. Turfgrass managers. Urban farmers. Floral designers. Landscape installers, designers and more.

Two campuses along the Front Range - in Westminster and Fort Collins – house Horticulture

and Landscape Technologies programs. Students come to FRCC to earn one of two degrees.

• Associate of Applied Science meets certification standards of National Association of

Landscape Professionals (NALP). Students graduate prepared for a career with job-ready

skills in an area of specialization that includes: irrigation management, landscape con-

tracting, landscape design, maintenance, nursery/greenhouse/garden center manage-

ment, turf grass management and urban agriculture.

• Associate of Science in Horticulture Business Management enables students to transfer

FRCC credits to Colorado State University to earn a Bachelor of Science through the on-

line program. Their degree is in horticulture with a concentration in horticulture business

management.

Front Range also offers 10 certificates which are shorter, skills-based courses where

students gain hands-on skills that prepare them for a variety jobs ranging from design to

irrigation to urban agriculture – and more.

To learn more about Horticulture and Landscape Technologies at FRCC, contact:

• Dan Bacheler Westminster Campus 303.404.5514 or [email protected]

• Ray Daugherty Westminster Campus 303.404.5039 or [email protected]

• Diane Waltman Larimer Campus in Fort Collins 970.204.8306 or

[email protected]

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Higdon joined Lawn Doctor of Fort Collins 10 years ago as an entry-level lawn technician. He learned tree care and from that point, he was hooked. “I was a sponge soaking up as much as I could. I found my passion,” he says.

He earned an Associate of Applied Science degree. Today, Hunter is the Tree Care Division general manager.

I try to be a good example for my crew. It just takes drive, patience and passion. —Hunter Higdon

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NOT a career behind a shovel Some of my grads earn 6 figure incomes

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Zachary Johnson Professor, CSU

Fort Collins, CO


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Listen up: These are not the opportunities

we are preparing our students for.

Instead, we prepare them for upwardly

mobile jobs within professional, ethical and

well managed businesses. One of my re-

cent grads took a position with a landscape

design and installation firm in Washington

D.C. His first assignment was installing a

residential landscape valued at $800,000.

That price tag was not for the home – it

was the landscape surrounding the home.

Complex projects like that one require

well-educated professionals. This gradu-

ate has already been promoted and is now

in charge of an entire division.

For many years, our students have enjoyed

100% placement upon graduation. It is not

unusual for them to have multiple offers

from companies across the nation. Their

starting salaries exceed averages of

students from other programs across the

entire university. They often receive start-

ing bonuses and company vehicles along

with health and retirement benefits. Many

of my students have progressed into lead-

ership roles earning six figure incomes. Few

career offer so much. Doing good things

for humanity, improving health and well-

ness for society and earning a great living?

Sign me up.

a Professor at Colorado State University in the Landscaped Design and Contract-

ing and Landscape Business programs, I often talk with potential students and

parents about landscape industry jobs. As their kids are growing up, most parents aren’t telling

them to enter our profession, but perhaps they should.

Most professions don’t offer the opportunity to shape our lives in so many tangible ways.

We design and build parks, conserve and oversee water resources and create and manage

wetlands to mitigate storm water runoff and pollution. We also create spaces as common

as backyards where we form our best memories of raising families and being kids.

Research around the world tells us how powerful our profession is for our wellbeing and

health. We touch lives in profound ways which make us feel better and lead better lives.

For many parents, the questions come down to a career — is this really a profession and

ultimately, money. I get it that parents aren’t aware of the opportunities within this industry.

Haven’t we all seen the beaten up trucks, with no company name driving down the road with

shovels hanging out?

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Love the outdoors?

The landscape industry is waiting for you – and your talents. Toro knows we need more talented people in the landscape industry. And we support your path to join the 40,000+ people already loving their landscape careers in Colorado.

So Does TORO!

www.toro.comwww.lljohnson.com

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